Locus Online Quotes & Sayings

In six thousand years, you could never grow wings on a reptile. With sixty million, however, you could have feathers, too. — John McPhee

I think people should take mythology much more seriously, because it tells us an awful lot about the history of the human race. We tend to dismiss it as 'fairy tales,' when it isn't. Fairy tales in themselves are about fundamentals of human nature. And they keep being reinvented in different ways. Fantasy acknowledges that, whereas a lot of modern literature is trying to distance itself from 'story,' never mind anything else. Which is why a lot of books are read by the critics, then people buy them, put them on their shelves, and don't really read them much, because they're not very interesting! — Jan Siegel

If you are lenient with criminals, crime will rise.
If you oppress the masses,
they will rise up against you.
If you are just and kind,
even your enemies will respect you.
To rule over your nation righteously is better
than to rule over a hundred nations with an iron fist. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A lie doesn't become dangerous only with exposure; it is toxic, however well buried. — Decca Aitkenhead

Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting. — Gail Sheehy

They'd manage. Her ghost from the future had said so. He'd been right about the bad coming. Now she had to trust good would come as well. — Jackie French

In my own life, I do not live like an effective altruist. An effective altruist would really disapprove of my life. I don't give enough to charity and I still have both my kidneys. — Paul Bloom

Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married. — Ed McMahon

I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great. — America Ferrera

Note to self: Don't get on Veritas's bad side. She holds a grudge for centuries. — Jeaniene Frost